September 6, 2016

Kuri Kuri Bozu vs. Kuri Cutter/栗くり坊主と栗カッター

I keep receiving boxes of grapes from my generous father, who lives in Chiba prefecture.

千葉に住む父から、ブドウをもらい続けています。

Shown above is a variety called Kyoho (called the King of Grapes in Japan).

これは、巨峰（日本ではブドウの王様と呼ばれる）という品種です。

I have also received boxes of chestnuts from him.

また、栗ももらっています。

I simmered small and medium sized ones in a pot for 30 minutes.

小さいのと中くらいのは鍋で30分煮ました。

Only the large sized ones should be mixed with mochi rice to make "kuri okowa" (mochi rice cooked with chestnuts)!

大きいのだけ、もち米と混ぜて、栗おこわを作ります！

I guess I should refrain from talking about my kuri okowa, because I have talked about it so many times before.

私が作る栗おこわについては、これまで何回も話しているので、控えようと思います。

Instead, let me talk about the "Kuri Cutter", which I bought last year from the "recycle shop" (secondhand store).

代わりに、去年リサイクルショップで買った「栗カッター」について話します。

Right: Kuri Cutter

Left: Kuri Kuri Bozu

右：栗カッター

左：栗くり坊主

As you can easily imagine, kuri means chestnut. Kuri Cutter is a product of Kai Corporation, while Kuri Kuri Bozu is a product of SUWADA, located in Sanjo City, Niigata, which is very famous for their nippers-type nail clippers.

The "reference price" for the DH-2234 is 1,620 yen. There are other models, DG-2002 and DH-7248, whose reference prices are also 1,620 yen, according to Amazon. I'm not 100% sure, but the DH-7248 is probably the newest model.

diu: Amazon sells all three models of Kuri Cutter. Here's a page on DH-7248:https://www.amazon.co.jp/House-Select-DH-7248/dp/B00ZVUNR68/ref=dp_ob_title_home

Amazon also sells two of the three models of Kuri Kuri Bozu, Shin-Gata and II.Here's a page on Shin-Gata:https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA%E7%94%B0%E8%A3%BD%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%80-KURI-003-%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA%E7%94%B0-SUWADA-%E6%A0%97%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8A%E5%9D%8A%E4%B8%BB/dp/B009G9ZYUM

Wow, chestnuts - I love chestnuts. Here, they are a bit later in season. I'm looking forward to them and hope they'll appear on the markets soon.By the way, I've adopted your method of freezing left-over rice. The parcels come in handy when one only has to pull one from the freezer and into the microwave. Time-saving. Energy-saving as well, I guess.Apologies for appearing here only as "anonymous", I'm not a blogger myself.Regards, Philip

Both, I think, different varieties and/ or a slightly different climate leading to a later harvest begin.

Yes, but reading about your habit of storing cooked rice changed my mind and gave me that last little "push" to implement the same in my kitchen. I have an old Zojirushi rice cooker which I don't like leaving on when I'm away the whole day. Have a great week! Regards, Philip